is the FSB important for gaming?

x keo21

ok im building a pc for gaming but i have noticed that the price seems to drop significantly when the fsb (front side bus) reduces on an mobo. is the FSB important for gaming ?

Leman_Russ

Long Answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_side_bus

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The front side bus as it is traditionally known may be disappearing. Originally, this bus was a central connecting point for all system devices and the CPU. However, in recent years this has been breaking down with increasing use of individual point-to-point buses. The front side bus has recently been criticized by AMD as being an old and slow technology that bottlenecks today's computer systems. While a faster CPU can execute individual instructions faster, this is wasted if it can't fetch instructions and data as fast as it can execute it; when this happens, the CPU must wait for one or more clock cycles until the memory returns its value. Further, a fast CPU can be delayed when it must access other devices attached to the FSB. Thus, a slow FSB can theoretically become a bottleneck that slows down a fast CPU.

Short Answer: Yes. Fast FSB > Slow FSB

Shorter Answer: Yes

Shortest Answer: Y

TerrorFirmer

What sort of mobo's are you looking at, for a new machine, you'd want to be looking at 1333mhz fsb as the only viable option anyway. Reason - the newer Intel processors will not work on the older 1066mhz boards, though quads and older dual cores will.